Design and implement Pega-based integration solutions and platform architectures for clients. Lead cloud and network architecture projects, analyze system interactions, manage project planning and execution, and ensure data integrity, security, and compliance. Manage client relationships, coach and mentor team members, resolve issues, and promote innovative technology practices across platform engineering teams.
The Opportunity
As a Pega Lead System Architect-Manager, you will design and implement seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures for clients, optimizing technology infrastructure for enhanced business performance. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success and maintaining standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members' unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.
In this role, you will leverage cutting-edge technologies to optimize infrastructure and enhance connectivity within our Cloud Engineering, Data & Analytics practice. You will analyze and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system, taking ownership of projects to validate their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion. This position offers the chance to develop skills outside your comfort zone and encourage others to do the same, all while upholding professional and technical standards.
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures for clients
- Leading teams in the strategic planning and execution of cloud and network architecture projects
- Utilizing Pega Platform and business process modeling to optimize technology infrastructure and enhance connectivity
- Analyzing and identifying the linkages and interactions between system components to improve business performance
- Taking ownership of projects, including planning, budgeting, execution, and completion
- Coaching and mentoring team members to develop their skills and deliver quality work
- Building and maintaining relationships with clients to address data challenges and enhance service excellence
- Encouraging the use of innovative technologies and leading practices across platform engineering teams
- Confirming data integrity, security, and compliance within architecture frameworks
- Addressing conflicts or issues with clients and team members, escalating when necessary
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 5 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Accounting, Analytics/Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Design/Multimedia, Engineering, Operations/Supply Chain, Project/Technology Management
- Demonstrating proficiency in Pega Platform and Business Process Modeling
- Excelling in analytical thinking and AI fluency
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships
- Leading teams with a focus on service excellence and teamwork
- Managing complex projects with strategic planning and execution
- Embracing technology and innovation to enhance delivery
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
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As a Pega Lead System Architect-Manager, you will design and implement seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures for clients, optimizing technology infrastructure for enhanced business performance. As a Manager, you will lead teams and manage client accounts, focusing on strategic planning and mentoring junior staff. You are accountable for project success and maintaining standards. Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop, and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team members' unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.
In this role, you will leverage cutting-edge technologies to optimize infrastructure and enhance connectivity within our Cloud Engineering, Data & Analytics practice. You will analyze and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system, taking ownership of projects to validate their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion. This position offers the chance to develop skills outside your comfort zone and encourage others to do the same, all while upholding professional and technical standards.
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing seamless integration solutions and robust platform architectures for clients
- Leading teams in the strategic planning and execution of cloud and network architecture projects
- Utilizing Pega Platform and business process modeling to optimize technology infrastructure and enhance connectivity
- Analyzing and identifying the linkages and interactions between system components to improve business performance
- Taking ownership of projects, including planning, budgeting, execution, and completion
- Coaching and mentoring team members to develop their skills and deliver quality work
- Building and maintaining relationships with clients to address data challenges and enhance service excellence
- Encouraging the use of innovative technologies and leading practices across platform engineering teams
- Confirming data integrity, security, and compliance within architecture frameworks
- Addressing conflicts or issues with clients and team members, escalating when necessary
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 5 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Preference for at least one of the following fields of study: Accounting, Analytics/Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Robotics, Business Administration/Management, Computer Science/Information Systems, Design/Multimedia, Engineering, Operations/Supply Chain, Project/Technology Management
- Demonstrating proficiency in Pega Platform and Business Process Modeling
- Excelling in analytical thinking and AI fluency
- Building and maintaining strong client relationships
- Leading teams with a focus on service excellence and teamwork
- Managing complex projects with strategic planning and execution
- Embracing technology and innovation to enhance delivery
The salary range for this position is: $99,000 - $232,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
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